An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than…
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than OpenBSD. A setusercontext(3) call with flags to change the UID, primary GID, and secondary GIDs was replaced (on certain platforms: Linux and possibly NetBSD) with a single setuid(2) call. This resulted in neither changing the group id nor initializing secondary group ids.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02218 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:doas_project:doas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 6.2 | Vulnerable | Doas Project |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:a:doas_project:doas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.2 Vulnerable ·Doas Project
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-15901
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-87h5-jxx9-3c5x
References
More Doas Project Doas vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-11951 An issue was discovered in slicer69 doas before 6.2 on certain platforms other than… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2019-15901 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-15901 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-87h5-jxx9-3c5x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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